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1 ♦ season
♦ season /ˈsi:zn/n.1 stagione; tempo adatto (per qc.); tempo; periodo di tempo; epoca: the four seasons, le quattro stagioni; the strawberry season, la stagione delle fragole; the soccer season, la stagione calcistica; the rainy season, la stagione delle piogge; the dry season, nella stagione secca; growing season, stagione di crescita; nesting season, stagione dei nidi; l'epoca della nidificazione; (market., tur.) high season (o peak season) alta stagione; dead season (o off season) stagione morta; the London season, la stagione di Londra; il periodo delle feste, dei concerti, ecc. ( al principio dell'estate); the theatre season, la stagione teatrale; the harvest season, il periodo dei raccolti; la stagione delle messi; the mating season, la stagione degli amori; the festive season, le festività natalizie; il periodo delle feste; the hunting season, la stagione della caccia● ( sport) season best, il miglior risultato stagionale □ «Season's Greetings!», «Buone feste!» ( augurio prima di Natale) □ the season of good will (o cheer), il periodo natalizio □ season ticket, abbonamento; DIALOGO → - Discussing football- Do you still have a season ticket?, hai ancora l'abbonamento? □ season-ticket holder, abbonato □ ( di frutta) to come into season, diventare di stagione; maturare □ in season, (tur.) in alta stagione; ( di selvaggina) che si può cacciare; ( di frutta, ecc.) di stagione; ( della femmina di un animale) in calore □ in and out of season, in tutte le stagioni; (fig.) in ogni momento; a proposito e a sproposito □ in good season, per tempo; al momento giusto □ (market., tur.) low season, bassa stagione □ out of season, ( di frutta, ecc.) fuori stagione; (tur.) in bassa stagione; (fig.) intempestivo, a sproposito □ (giorn.) the silly season, la stagione ( estiva) in cui la stampa tratta soltanto argomenti frivoli.(to) season /ˈsi:zn/A v. t.1 ( cucina e fig.) condire; insaporire; rendere più gustoso (o piccante); dare sapore a ( cibi, conversazione, ecc.): to season a dish with capers, insaporire una pietanza con capperi; to season one's talk with humorous remarks, condire il proprio discorso con osservazioni umoristiche3 (spec. al passivo) acclimatare ( coloni, atleti, ecc.); addestrare; avvezzare; temprare: He was seasoned to the hard life of pioneers, era temprato alla dura vita dei pionieri4 (arc. o lett.) temperare; mitigare: justice seasoned by mercy, giustizia mitigata dalla misericordiaB v. i. -
2 mating
['meɪtɪŋ]nome accoppiamento m.* * *mating /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/n. [u]● (zool.) the mating season, la stagione degli amori.* * *['meɪtɪŋ]nome accoppiamento m.
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